A rights group, Human Rights Writers’ Association Of Nigeria HURIWA, has canvassed the renaming of the National Theatre in Lagos, run by the Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, after legendary musician, Fatai Rolling Dollar, who died in a Lagos hospital Wednesday, after a brief illness.

The group, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko and the National Media Affairs Director Zainab Yusuf, said the late musician brought tremendous global honour to Nigeria and remained one of the best-known ambassadors of the indigenous Nigerian music genre until his death.

Rolling Dollar, the group argued, deserve the best national recognition by the Federal Government, saying President Goodluck Jonathan, as a well-known lover of African indigenous creative arts and music should “not hesitate to take urgent measures to immortalize this great man of Music”.

HURIWA recalled media reports quoting widow of the late musician, Zainab Olagunju, as saying her husband died Wednesday morning after a week of hospitalization following his return from the United States where he was also briefly treated and discharged upon completion of a musical performance.

One of his most legendary and well-loved songs remains his single ‘Won Kere Si Number Wa’, which HURIWA described as having become a global brand in most social events attended by black people and even some Caucasians.

The group added, “As a human rights group, with strong bias for the promotion and protection of our revered African tradition and culture, we agrees with the considered assessment of most Music critics around the World that the late Music Legend Mr. Fatai The Rolling Dollar had paid his dues since he began his illustrious Music career in the 1950′s with Queen Mary Orchestra, the Isa Jubril [t
he first and famous highlife Musician from the conservative Northern Nigeria] who played in Ghana with the Black Beats and Ishola Willie Payne group where they established the Music style of Palm wine Music, in the words of the globally acclaimed Music Critic Benson Idonije just as Juju Music originated from the style expertly delivered to World audience by Fatai the Rolling Dollar”.

“Fatai Rolling Dollar defied conventional science and logic of old age as he remained one of the most sought after dance hall performers and Musicians in Nigeria and across the World even in his very old age.”

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Aso rock should be named after him also

I'll be back!

Fatai rolling dollar theater


The name nor bad o

Fatai, the great.

Oafs.... 3shaaa

Some yeye group will just stand up n be making usuless demand

Why not name Nigeria after him?

Someone just died and has not yet been buried and ur thinking of naming a place after him. Fela who's dead has no place or even a bus stop named after him D way pple reason @ times really baffle me. Why not name ur so called group after him.

A time will come when our banks, firms oil companies etc will lose their names

Lets talk about nigeria going 2 the confederations cup jare

Bunch of jokers. Every John and Harry should now be immortalized? I think FG should also immortalize my great grand father for being a Nigerian. Mstcheew!

dm i guess Aso rock shud be named after Abacha or Yar Adua .. Jobless groups... I said HELL NOOOOO TO DAT

Nooooo.... I no gree. must it be named after someone?

Abeg...permit me to first laugh at the name of this rights group HURIWA ko, KEKE MARUWA ni.






















And... what a demand!

I No gri

Jokeeeerz

the only thing that can remind me of this man is "won kere si number"
any other thing?

Joblessness at its peak

This is so funny.
What cosmological change did he bring while with us? (2great songs) ....( 2face will then have the NAIRA renamed after him)
Well, FGN is keen on selling the edifice anyways
Rename before selling or selling before renaming.....either way, nothing will happen

Okay oh

Naija? This group is trying to score cheap popularity

Hmmm..... Wat is in a name sef?

Not gud. National art theatre is jus perfect

These can holy happens on mine deer caountry.

I Love Nigeria.

ichommy:

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This time alone, HURIWA (whoever they are) has fokked up. Where is the relationship? To name NT after Fatai Rolling Dollars? Na wa oo. They should name his street after him, that will do. After all, babyosisi here keeps saying she doesnt even know the man, so how do we explain it to her and others like her? At any rate, i do not think it is necessary, not at this point.

Is he greater or had more international acclaim than the great FELA or Osita Osadebe? Those people must be ret@rded!!!!

I dnt see any reason y it shld be named after him

Ogunde would have been better...

All these naija okrika groups sha.

Everyone is seeking relevance. Me self need to form group and make enough noise.

Is it the same National Theatre that i heard that Federal Government wants to convert to a hotel??